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Abstract

Researching mechanisms for treating childhood obesity is necessary for preventing associated health risks. One mechanism of change may be parental feeding styles, which may promote overweight in children. Permissive feeding style (high responsiveness, low demands) may result in child’s eating behaviors of eating quickly or being a picky eater. Authoritarian feeding style (high demands, low responsiveness) may result in children having control issues around food. Authoritative feeding styles (high demands and responsiveness) are characterized by appropriate eating behaviors. The goal of this study is to explore health outcomes of parenting styles.